{"id":56,"date":"2020-10-23T14:47:34","date_gmt":"2020-10-23T14:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/mmpu\/?page_id=56"},"modified":"2026-03-25T07:56:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T07:56:41","slug":"research-groups","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/mmpu\/research-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Groups"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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One MMPU hallmark is that it is staffed by both institutions, EMBL and the Heidelberg University Hospitals (Heidelberg and Mannheim), and each research group is headed by two cooperating principal investigators. Currently, the MMPU consists of 9 international teams of molecular research-oriented MDs, PhDs, PhD students and technicians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The research philosophy aims at the molecular understanding of the basis of common human diseases, its applications in diagnosis and therapy, and feedback from ‘bedside medicine’ into the research laboratory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chronic Pain and Homeostasis
<\/a>Dr. Robert Prevedel, Prof. Dr. Rohini Kuner and Prof. Dr. Jan Siemens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ECM-Brain
<\/a>Dr. Alba Diz-Mu\u00f1oz and Prof. Dr. Michael Platten<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heart Development and Diseases<\/a>
Dr. Eileen Furlong and Prof. Dr. Johannes Backs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iron homeostasis in health and disease
<\/a>Prof. Dr. Matthias Hentze and Prof. Dr. Martina Muckenthaler<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Microbiota Drug Metabolism and Cancer Therapy<\/a>
Dr. Michael Zimmermann, Prof. Dr. Matthias Ebert, and Dr. Tianzuo Zhan <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Molecular Pediatric Oncology
<\/a>Prof. Dr. Jan Korbel and Prof. Dr. Andreas Kulozik<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stem Cell\u2013Niche Networks in Ageing and Diseases
<\/a>Dr. Judith Zaugg and Dr. Caroline Pabst, Prof. Dr. Carsten M\u00fcller-Tidow<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Systems Medicine of Cancer Therapies
<\/a>Dr. Wolfgang Huber, Prof. Dr. Sascha Dietrich and Dr. Junyan Lu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Translational RNA Biology
<\/a>Prof. Dr. Matthias Hentze and Prof. Dr. Andreas Kulozik<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Former research groups<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Cholesterol Regulation
<\/a>Rainer Pepperkok and Heiko Runz
MMPU Group 2007 – 2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cystic Fibrosis
<\/a>Carsten Schultz and Marcus Mall
MMPU Group 2006 – 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HIV-1 formation and its inhibition
<\/a>John Briggs and Hans-Georg Kr\u00e4usslich
MMPU Group 2011 – 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stem Cells and Ageing
<\/a>Anne-Claude Gavin and Anthony D. Ho
MMPU Group 2011 – 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chronic Pain
<\/a>Paul Heppenstall, Rohini Kuner and Jan Siemens
MMPU Group 2011 – 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cancer Early Detection
<\/a>Peer Bork and Magnus von Knebel Doeberitz
MMPU Group 2006 – 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chronic Kidney Disease
<\/a>Rainer Pepperkok, Julio Saez-Rodriguez, Mikhail Savitski and Matias Simons
MMPU Group 2018 – 2025<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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